Northwestern China ( 西北 ) is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Shaanxi , Gansu , Qinghai , Ningxia , and Xinjiang .
7-587: The Jiayuguan–Ceke railway ( 嘉峪关-策克铁路 ) or Jiace railway ( 嘉策铁路 ) is a railway in northwestern China between Jiayuguan in Gansu Province and Ceke ( 42°34′00″N 101°18′00″E / 42.56667°N 101.30000°E / 42.56667; 101.30000 ), a border post in Ejin Banner of Inner Mongolia on the China- Mongolian border. The railway is 460 km (286 mi) in length and
14-685: A second short-lived East Turkestan Republic in 1944 based in Yining . The Soviet Union withdrew its support in June 1946. A separatist movement drawing on the legacy of the short-lived East Turkestan Republics continues today. During China's land reform movement (which began after the defeat of the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War and continued in the early years of the People's Republic of China),
21-613: The Communist Party encouraged rural women in achieving a "double fanshen" - a revolutionary transformation as both a peasant and a feminist awakening as a woman. The progress of Hui women in Northwestern China was promoted as by the Party as an example of such a success. Through the rural movement, Hui women were said to have not just received land, but also "freedom over their own bodies." Hui women embraced political participation and
28-466: The government was only able to exercise loose control in the Northwest. In 1933, Pan-Islamic and Pan-Turkic separatists declared an Islamic Republic of East Turkestan based on constitutionally-enshrined Sharia law. The short-lived separatist Islamic Republic was not recognized by any other countries and was suppressed after three months of existence. With Soviet Union backing, separatists declared
35-402: The line carried, respectively, 1.21 and 1.17 million metric tons of coal. This People's Republic of China rail-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Northwest China The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid continental climate . It has a diverse population including significant minorities such as Hui , Uyghurs and Tibetans . Culturally,
42-594: The region has historically been influenced by the Silk Road . Chinese dynasties from the Qin (221 BC to 207 BC) to the Qing period (1644 CE to 1911 CE) placed high priority on maintaining stability and security in the region, motivated by concerns about potential threats from the Northwest. Security concerns have continued under modern governments. During the Republic of China period,
49-727: Was built from April 2004 to June 2007, and was financed by the Jiuquan Steel Company for its exclusive use to transport coal from Inner Mongolia and Mongolia. It is the longest railway financed by an enterprise in China. The line connects the Lanzhou-Xinjiang and the Linhe-Ceke railway. Planning is under way for a 50 km (31 mi) extension of the railway into Mongolia's Nariin Sukhait mining complex (Ovoot Tolgoi). In 2011 and 2012,
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